Re: msimn.exe won't quit

From: Tom Koch (spamtrap_at_insideoe.tomsterdam.com)
Date: 10/12/04


Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:20:11 +0200


"capone" <capone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D91B0A01-1409-43F3-8047-7CF12D7D1BB5@microsoft.com
> I am having the same problem on 2 computers and posted this new
> message today.
>
> I am running XP Pro and OE6 with Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro. If I am
> running OE6 and click out of it it can not be restarted. No error
> message - Just won't restart. I have to remove MISMN from the
> Applications list in the Windows Task Manager and it will restart.
> If I remove CCAPP (Norton antivirus) from the startup menu everything
> works fine except I don't have virus protection. I can find nothing
> on the Microsoft or Symantec websites. I am running SP2, but it did
> it before I upgraded.

It is obviously Norton that is causing the problem. You don't have to
remove it from startup, you merely have to turn off its e-mail scanning
module. Leave the system scan running and your computer will be
protected. Open Norton and look at its user-configurable options to
disable e-mail scanning.

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